Lycan King’s Rejected Bookish Mate
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I accidentally summoned a naked, six-foot-seven werewolf king into my bookstore.
Now he’s saying I’m his fated mate.
I’m just a romance-obsessed bookworm trying to keep my grandparents’ shop alive.
I didnotsign up for a growly, possessive Lycan King who refuses to leave my sidebecause some magical bond says I belong to him.
Malachar Ashborne is dangerous. Dominant.
And completely unhinged about me.
He stalks around my store like he owns it.
Snarls at any man who breathes in my direction.
And when he finds my spicy book collection?
He reads every single one - takingdetailed noteson how to make me fall apart.
“I think of you constantly.
How you would taste.
How you would sound when I make you mine.”
Then he stops taking notes and startsdemonstrating.
He marks my neck so everyone knows I’m claimed.
Wrecks me against the bookstore shelves until I’m begging for more.
Makes me believe I’m his forever.
Until his kingdom drags him back - andhe rejects me in front of his entire court.
But there’s something growing inside me that changes everything.
And when the Lycan King finds out?
He’ll be crawling back on his knees.
Too bad I haven’t decided
if I’ll let him grovel…
or watch him burn.
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Wen
Halloween night, and my bookstore looked exactly how you’d expect a bookstore owned by someone with questionable decorating skills to look. Fake cobwebs draped from every surface, LED candles that definitely weren’t fooling anyone, and a cardboard skeleton I’d named Gerald propped in the corner. The aesthetic screamed “Party City clearance section,” but I was weirdly proud of it.
